- Vardan Mamikonian (musician)
Vardan Mamikonian is an
Armenia n pianist, and a naturalised French citizen.He was trained at the
Moscow Conservatory under Valery Kastelsky. He settled in Paris after he won the 1990 Lefébure Competition in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. This success allowed him to take part at the 1992 World Music Masters in Montecarlo, which he won too. A collaborator withHenri Dutilleux , Mamikonian has been internationally active as a concert pianist since, and has recorded several CDs for the Calliope and Orfeo labels.References
[http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/hye_sharzhoom/vol18/march57/vardan.html]
California State University, Fresno - Armenian Studies Program.
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